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Definition of Danegelt
1. danegeld [n -S] - See also: danegeld
Lexicographical Neighbors of Danegelt
Literary usage of Danegelt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1859)
"Danegelt (Sax. gelt, money), an ancient tax paid by the Saxons in England, ...
This soon became a permanent tax under the name of Danegelt, raised by an ..."
2. The History of Normandy and of England by Francis Palgrave (1864)
"... makes a Ways and Means, his new assessment of the U,ee^t"^c0^" Danegelt, or
tax of six shillings upon each hyde '^prin" of land, so recently settled ..."
3. Lives of the Archbishops of Canterbury by Walter Farquhar Hook (1861)
"Danegelt.—Abundance of surface Gold.— Visits Rome. —His Itinerary first published.
... Danegelt ..."
4. The History of Normandy and of England by Francis Palgrave (1864)
"... Danegelt, or tax of six shillings upon each hyde ^£7''"" of land, so recently
settled by Domesday, was more than equivalent to such an hypothetical ..."
5. Lives of the Queens of England Before the Norman Conquest by Matthew Hall (1864)
"... when boys, represented—Installation of Leofric, Bishop of Exeter—Famine—Edward
remits the tax of Danegelt—Rupture with Earl Godwin—Flight of Godwin and ..."
6. The British Admirals: With an Introductory View of the Naval History of England by Robert Southey, Robert Bell (1833)
"He revived the danegelt upon this occasion; and, because many lands which had
been charged with it under the Anglo-Saxon kings were exempted from this tax ..."
7. The queens before the Conquest by Matthew Hall (1854)
"... Bishop of Exeter—Famine- Edward remits the tax of Danegelt—Rupture with Earl
Godwin— Flight of Godwin and his family to Flanders—His banishment— Triumph ..."
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